Alexander Hamilton-Leslie Odom&Jr.&Anthony Ramos&Daveed Diggs&Okieriete Onaodowan&Lin-Manuel Miranda&Phillipa Soo &Christopher Jackson &Original Broadway Cast Of Hamilton
How does a bastard, ophan son of a whore
and Scotsman,
dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean
By providence, impoverish and squaler,
up to be a hero and a scholar?
The 10 dollar
founding father without a father
Got a lot farther by working a lot harder,
by being a lot smarter,
By being a self-starter,
by 14 they placed him in charge of a trading charter,
And everyday while slaves were being slaughtered
and carted away
Across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up
Inside he was longing for something to be a part of
The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow or barter
Then a hurricane came, devastation reigned,
A man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain
Put a pencil to his temple,connected it to his brain
And he wrote his first refrain,a testament to his pain
Well the word got around, said
"This kid is insane, man!"
Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland
Get your education, but don't forget from whence you came
And the world's gonna know your name what's your name man?
Alexander Hamilton
My name is Alexander Hamilton
And there's a million thing I haven't done
But just you wait, just you wait
When he was 10 his father split
full of it, debt ridden
2 years later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden
Half-dead, sitting in their own sick, the scent thick
Alex got better but his mother went quick
Moved in with his cousin
the cousin committed suicide
left him with nothing but ruined pride,
something new inside
voice saying "Alex you gotta fend for yourself"
He started retreating and reading every treatise on the shelf
There woulda been nothing left to do
for someone less astute
he woulda been dead and destitute
without a cent of restutition
Started working, clerking for his late mother's landlord
Trading sugar cane and rum and all the things he can't afford
Scanning for every book he can get his hands on
Planning for the future, see him now as he stands on
the bow of a ship headed for a new land
In New York you can be a new man
(in New York you can be a new man) Just you wait,
(in New York you can be a new man) Just you wait,
(in New York you can be a new man) Just you wait,
(in New York) Just you wait
Alexander Hamilton,Alexander Hamilton,
we were waiting in the weeds for you
we were waiting in the weeds for you
You never back down,
you never learned to take you time
Oh, Alexander Hamilton,
Alexander Hamilton
while America sings for you
will they know what you overcame?
will they know you can own the game?
The world will never be same, oh
Ship is in the harbor now, see if you can spot him
Another immigrant coming up from the bottom
His enemies destroyed his rep, America forgot him
We fought with him
Me, I died for him
Me, I trusted him
Me, I loved him
Me, I'm the damn fool that shot him
There's a million thing I haven't done
But just you wait
What's your name man?
Alexander Hamilton!